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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

Marissa Meyer

Start date: April 10, 2016

Finish date: April 30, 2016

Discussion: Buddy Read Threads--April

Why we're reading this: This book was the winner of the Group Buddy Read poll for April.
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Mar 08, 2016 Soumya rated it really liked it

Shelves: different-genre, loved, group-read-read

WARNING. WARNING. WARNING. ALERT. RED ALERT. WARNING.

Brain malfunctioning. Fast breathing. Gasping. Pulse unnaturally fast. Take a deep breath, Soumya. take a deep breath. Okay. 1, 2, 3. Okay. Calm. Deep breath.

This book. This book. THIS BOOK.

(Minus one star for the predictability in the plot.)

Words are not enough to describe my feelings. I loved loved loved this book. It was all excellent. Totally worth the plot, totally worth the excitement, totally worth the suspense over the synopsis. ...more

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Jul 11, 2015 Marie rated it really liked it

At the begin if my reading until the middle I wanted to give it a 5/5 star but then it became too predictable.

The written was very good, though. I never was bored (except when it was Kai point of view) and I like Cinder a lot!

But not a 5/5 for me, my expectations were really high for this one, I think

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Feb 20, 2016 Tanisha rated it really liked it

I am officially the biggest id*** on the planet. I've been putting this of forever and it was sooooo good!!! I am definitely finishing the rest of the series. I'm going to go start the next book so by y'all! ...more

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Oct 07, 2015 Yasmin Halliwell Fraser Bower rated it it was amazing

This book was AMAZING! Literally brilliant. I’m not really into Science Fiction, but I gave this a shot because of the Hype… And thank you, guys! I always loved retellings, but I wouldn’t have taken this up if you all weren’t that excited. And now I know why! The twist this story takes is incredible.

At the beginning It wasn’t easy to ge tinto the narrative because it was all science and that was hard for me because I don’t usually read this kind of book, but after 50 pages I got into it just fi ...more

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Jan 09, 2016 Mandy (Bookishlove85) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-fantasy, classic-retelling-fairy-tales, read-own

This book was a little hard for me to get into. It was a little slow starting and since I am not a huge sci fy fan, I wasn't sure if it would get much better. But I am so glad I stuck it out.

This is a retelling of the classic Cinderella story set in a futuristic setting, where we meet our main character Cinder (clever name ;) ). We follow her as she deals with altercations with her step mother and steps sisters, meets the prince but is afraid to let him know her true side, and wants nothing mor ...more

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Feb 19, 2016 Salma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: i-own-a-copy, favorites, ya, fantasy, 2016-reading-challenge, empowering-books, sci-fi, retellings

Absolutely AMAZING! It's intriguing and captivating, I highly recommend it ...more

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Dec 31, 2015 Swati rated it really liked it

Shelves: love

I haven't really read a lot of sic-fi novels and I was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype.
I was surprised by how much I liked this book, I obviously didn't need to worry.. :P
Though some things were a bit predictable I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
I'm definitely moving on to the next book immediately! ...more

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Sep 06, 2015 Piper rated it did not like it

Shelves: no

I will most likely read the other books, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this one. I couldn't help but notice the fanfiction-like prose and it hindered the experience. I will probably just skip to Winter, because I have no shame.

Sorry. ...more

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